Orcas near mics.

We started hearing "A1" calls on the Parson Island hydrophone a short while ago (at midnight). It's a stormy night & some of our stations are down, so we're not yet sure which direction the whales are headed in.
Helena
09 Nov 2009 00:14:36 PST

Distant calls audible.

We're now hearing the calls on the Critical Point hydrophone as well as Parson Island, so it's likely the whales have entered Johnstone Strait via Blackney Pass & are now heading east. Sounds like at least the A12s are there (possibly other A1s as well).
Helena
09 Nov 2009 00:31:10 PST

Orcas near mics.

The calls are closer to the Critical Point hydrophone now, so the orcas are in or near Robson Bight. Sounds like the A30s may be there too.
Helena
09 Nov 2009 03:25:28 PST

Orcas near mics.

Sounds lie the A30s have moved back westward. We were, for a while hearing A1 calls offshore of the eastend of the Ecological Reserve. Earlier than that the whales had been moving east after their entry (via Blackney Pass) around midnight.
Helena
09 Nov 2009 11:30:47 PST

No calls but orcas nearby

We believe that A12 just went by, by herself, heading north into Blackfish Sound!
Helena
09 Nov 2009 15:18:35 PST